Indigenous Australians' Health Programme Integrated Team Care Program

Overview

This grant opportunity will provide up to $12,318,893.68 (GST exclusive) over two years (2022-23 to 2023-24) directly to the Institute for Urban Indigenous Health (IUIH) to deliver the Integrated Team Care Program (ITC) in the South East Queensland Primary Health Network (PHN) regions of Brisbane North, Brisbane South, Gold Coast and Darling Downs West Moreton.  The ITC is funded under the Indigenous Australians’ Health Programme (IAHP) and aims to: • improve health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with chronic health conditions through better access to coordinated and multidisciplinary care; and • contribute to closing the gap in life expectancy by improving access to culturally appropriate mainstream primary care services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. The objectives of the ITC Program are to:  contribute to better treatment and management of chronic conditions for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people enrolled in the program; improve access to appropriate health care through care coordination and provision of supplementary services for eligible Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with chronic disease; foster collaboration and support between the mainstream primary care and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health sectors; improve the capacity of mainstream primary care services to deliver culturally appropriate services to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people; and increase the uptake of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander specific Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) items, including MBS 715 Health Assessments, for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and follow up items. To view the grant opportunity documents, please select the red "GO Documents" button on the left hand side.